104 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 7
temporary conditions; klisyamanasya—of one who is suffering in severe
hardships; karmabhih—by his previous material activities.
TRANSLATION

My dear friends, O sons of the asuras, the living entity receives
different types of bodies according to his previous fruitive ac-
tivities. Thus he is seen to suffer with reference to his particular
body in all conditions of life, beginning with his infusion into the
womb. Please tell me, therefore, after full consideration, what is
the living entity’s actual interest in fruitive activities, which result
in hardship and misery?

PURPORT

Karmand daiva-netrena jantur dehopapattaye. The living entity
receives a particular type of body according to his karma, or fruitive ac-
tivities. The material pleasure derived in the material world from one’s
particular body is based on sexual pleasure: yan maithunddi-grhamedhi-
sukham hi tuccham. The entire world is working so hard only for sexual
pleasure. To enjoy sexual pleasure and maintain the status quo of ma-
terial life, one must work very hard, and because of such activities, one
prepares himself another material body. Prahlada Maharaja places this
matter to his friends, the asuras, for their consideration. Asuras
generally cannot understand that the objects of sexual pleasure, the so-
called pleasure of materialistic life, depend on extremely hard labor.

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wd sa lata: lel
karmany Grabhate dehi
dehenatmanuvartina
karmabhis tanute deham
ubhayam tv avivekatah

karmani—material fruitive activities; drabhate—begins; dehi—a liv-

ing entity who has accepted a particular type of body; dehena—with that
